Monday, June 19, 2006

Teen Suing Myspace

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- A 14-year-old girl who says she was sexually assaulted by another user of MySpace.com sued the social networking Web site Monday, claiming it does not take sufficient steps to protect underage members.

Welcome the newest addition to frivolous lawsuits. Apparently, this teen and her mother think the website is responsible for underage girls looking for love and passing out their phone numbers to folks they've never met on the internet. They claim that MySpace does not protect minors.

MySpace didn't force this girl to pass on her number to a stranger. In fact, for a sexual assault to occur, this girl had to take initiative to either tell this sicko a) where she lived, or b) where to meet her. In no way, am I implying that this is her fault but....

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